Barboach

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Barboach
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National Pokédex
Solrock - Barboach (#339) - Whiscash
Hoenn Pokédex
Solrock - Barboach (#127) - Whiscash
Sinnoh Pokédex
Seaking - Barboach (#080) - Whiscash
Japanese name Dojoach
Evolves from None
Evolves into Whiscash
Generation Third
Species Whiskers Pokémon
Type Water / Ground
Height 1 ft 4 in (0.40 m)
Weight 4.0 lb (1.9 kg)
Ability Oblivious/Danger Anticipate(the latter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl onwards)

Barboach (ドジョッチ Dojotchi?, Dojoach in original Japanese language versions) is a Water/Ground Pokémon, available in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

The name Barboach is a combination of the words barbel and loach, which are types of whiskered fish. Its Japanese name comes from dojō (泥鰌?), Japanese for "loach," as well as the English word "loach."

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[edit] Biological characteristics

Barboach is a small, grey fish-like creature most similar to the weather loach, a fish common in southwest Asian rivers, but with a blue dorsal fin, two blue ventral fins, a blue tail fin, and a blue structure with a tiny mouth-like opening that is growing two long vertical whiskers. It has tiny black eyes behind its mouth and a black zig-zag-patterned marking on either side of its body.

Barboach lives in muddy areas of riverbeds. It probes this mud with its whiskers before deciding where to bury itself underneath the level of the mud, so that it remains motionless while its top whiskers are poking above the surface. The whiskers act as a superb radar system in this position, for Barboach detects its prey in the area using its whiskers to sense disturbances in the air.

Barboach’s body is covered with a slimy film, which is an important measure of discouraging both bacteria and predators from targeting Barboach. Whenever Barboach is partially submerged in mud, the film functions as a barrier to prevent germs in the mud from entering Barboach’s otherwise thin, unprotected body. Also, if a predator attempts to grab it, the Pokémon effortlessly slips out of its grasp as if it were a bar of wet, flexible soap Like the real world Hagfish. It would seem that Barboach’s body depends on keeping its slimy coating layer thick and fluid with the influence of muddy water because the Pokémon’s body weakens if the coating dries up.

[edit] In the Pokémon video games

Barboach is found in the water of several routes and locations in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, including Meteor Falls and Victory Road, by fishing with the Good Rod, or Super Rod. It is unavailable in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and must be traded to these versions.

By basic Pokémon standards, Barboach’s statistics are nothing special, save for an okay Speed rating, making it somewhat hard to train while awaiting evolution into the stronger Whiscash at level 30. It can be seen as an easily available wild Pokémon version of Mudkip. Barboach can learn all the moves Whiscash can through leveling-up (however it cannot learn Tickle, as only Whiscash can learn this move, via Move Tutor), but when breeding Barboach can be born with the startling egg move Spark (an electric-type attack), which it can keep when evolved to Whiscash.

[edit] In the Pokémon anime

Although Barboach was scheduled to appear in the anime, the episode was never shown in Japan due to earthquakes at the time. (The episode was about Barboach and Whiscash causing earthquakes.) It still has made a few brief cameos in aired episodes, however.

[edit] In the Pokémon Trading Card Game

Barboach has appeared only a few times as a basic Pokémon in the trading card game:

  • EX Dragon (Water-type)
  • EX Deoxys (Ground-type)
  • EX Holon Phantoms (Ground-type)

[edit] References

Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

[edit] External links

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